Foot-warmer for attachment to radiators.



v PATENTED DEG.5 ,1905.. W. s. SAWYER. FOOT WARMBR FOR ATTACHMENT T0 'RADIATORS.

APPLICA TION FILED T11R24, 1905.

i Inventor Attorneys Witnes Ss UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM s. SAWYEB, on sPoTswoo .NnW JERSEY. I

FOO'T-WARMER FOR ATTA HMEIQT To RADIATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed February 24, 1905- Serial IIo. 27,1 I

T0 at whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. SAWYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spotswood, in the county of Middlesex'and State of will appear as the nature of the invention is.

better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as" hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, of one of the improved devices, together with a portion of a radiator to which it is attached. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the improved device, showing a modified form of the construction.

The improved device comprises a closed drum 10, preferably of sheet metal and disposed in an inclined position and increasing in area toward theupper end andprovided with spaced ears 11 12, extending from the larger end for embracing a. certain number of the columns 13 of a. radiator and secured inposition thereon by the tie -rods 14. The drum is also provided with an interior diaphragm 15, extending from side to side'of the same and spaced from the upper and lower ends, theplate serving as a baflie or circulating plate to insure the proper circulation of the heating medium within the drum. The upper and lower faces of the drum will preferably be curved, as shown, and the battleplate 15 likewise curved to correspond.

'-When applied to a radiator having steam as a heating medium, a steam-supply pipe 16 will. be. tapped into the radiator-supply 17 and connectinginto the drum, as at 18, the suptrol the supply, the drum having a small valve20 to dispose of the water of condensation. If hot air is the heatingmedium employed, the lower side of the drum will be perforated, as at 23 in Fig. 3, to admit the air to be heated. The drum may thus be arranged to receive the heating medium direct from the radiator, as in Figs. 1 and 2, or by radiation only, as inFig. 3. v

The drum is provided-with a suitable support 24'to maintain it at the required distance from the floor, (represented at 26.)

Itwill thus be noted that a very eflicient and conveniently-arranged foot-warming device is produced, which may be inexpensively manufactured, easily installed, and adapted to all the various forms of radiators in common use. I

The construction of the drum 10 with the upper and lower walls inclined upwardly and diverging toward the upper end and with the baffle-plate extending from side to side within the same and spaced from the ends is an important feature of the invention, as the interior of the drum constantly enlarging toward the upper end accelerates the circulation by providing a constantly-increasing area for the rising medium.

Having thus describedthe invention, what is claimed is g 1. A heating-drum formed with upper and lowerwalls inclined upwardly'and diverging toward the upper end, a bafiie-plate within said drum having spaced wings at the ends for bearing upon the sides of radiator members, tie rods connecting said wings, and

means for supplying the heating medium to said drum at the lower end.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in r the presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM S. SAWYER. Witnesses:

ALIoE M. Devon, DAVID D. A. OUTcALT. 

